04/03/2016 Sport Wales

The call John Hartson and Elliot Richards wannabes in cancer. I never

thought I could not come back, just wanted to get the treatment done and

get back to full fitness. Kristian is on the road to Rio with David

Omeregie. If I can just run really well I'll be happy. We catch up with

Newport County boss Warren Feeney. I'm not one of those people who want

to jump ship. And Non brings a surprise guest to training with the

seven sisters. Elite sports stars often

take their health for granted. But what happens when you're told

that you have cancer? Eliot Richards was playing

football for Cheltenham Town Six month after being given

the all clear he's back playing. John Hartson, himself a cancer

survivor, has been to find out more. I was lucky enough to be

a professional footballer I played for some of the biggest

clubs in the country. But my biggest victory

was surviving cancer. Well, we've both been

given that dreaded news, you know, you've got testicular

cancer and it's quite nice now to be in full health, both of us,

especially yourself. Just walking here in the fresh air,

how are you feeling now? It's nice to be back to normality,

kind of as it is. It's quite a long time getting back

to health but thankfully I'm When I look back it's quite good

to get back playing games and just I've not really had a pre-season

to get back there, but it's been 3000 men per year are diagnosed

with prostate or testicular cancer. Almost half of those diagnosed

are males under the age of 35. It's believed that one in every 195

men will be diagnosed with testicular cancer

during their lifetime. Obviously when you first get told

you have testicular cancer, I've been there myself,

it's not a nice thing to be told. My first thought was,

"My season's over," honestly. And then it hit me that

I was seriously and I thought, right, just do what I've got to do

to get through it and grind on and get through and it's

all worth it in the end. Mum and dad were there

all the way through, my wife was sat next

to my bed every day, so I've got a lot to thank her

for putting up with me. Quite grumpy going through it,

so I've got a lot of people to thank and then Cheltenham,

getting back fit, they were terrific and they've just been helping me

all the way through it. When somebody has that type

of illness you just feel for them. We wanted to make sure

we were there to support him, as a professional body,

if you like, he was professional footballer with us and he will be

again. It's just trying to keep his

positive attitude going. It must be hard at some

stage when you think, And you've just got to keep

their spirits up. In terms of myself I was also told

I had testicular cancer but it had spread to both my lungs

and onto my brain. I don't think I could have

resumed my career but with yourself you have resumed your career,

got the all-clear. I got it quite early so I've not had

quite as long treatment as you had. Going through it I've come back

and thankfully I still had a club that

quick to pull a hamstring. And you've also represented Wales,

played that one time under Williams I went away for a week

so it was a good experience to go there and very proud moment to put

the Wales top on and hopefully do well, and get back and never say

never, hopefully in the first team. It's still vital for thousands

of football out there Obviously some days you just

want to pig-out on chocolates Yeah, I ran for an hour

last Friday, so... Motivating each other

to get going from the go. As soon as we're up

there we're going for it. Right girls, I'm back here tonight

in the mud to watch you train and see how you got on since

the start of the season. The girls have been

working really hard on their fitness, skills, health,

diet, but they could be doing with a helping hand

on the pitch, so who Shane Williams, always

a buzz of excitement! Is there a sharper winger

in the world at the moment I've been working with Seven Sisters

all season, but you've Yeah, Rachel plays, my cousin

and she's been playing What do you make of

the training sessions so far? I've been hiding in shadows here,

and a lot of endeavour and I'll certainly enjoy each other's

company, there's camaraderie You can certainly see

a lot of these girls have lost weight and it's only

going to help in their rugby as well Girls, I've been really impressed

with you this season. I think there's one little thing

missing on the pitch and I've got Come with me and see

if you can sidestep. When you're sidestepping

you got to move There's no point

just going straight. If I'm just running straight

at the defender and I step she's just going to come with me,

and then hold me really But, if I move across as she comes

with me and then step. You're going to put the defender

off-balance, and it should work. At the moment you're

going over on your leg. It should make a noise

when you do it. It's good, even better

he's here, Keep doing it, keep doing it,

until it comes naturally. You are doing everything

right, it's just... It's hard for her to

change angle there, seen? You've got to move the defender

as much as you can. I've personally done one sidestep

in my life before tonight A lot of us just

automatically look for It's good to have

another option there. I think I taught Shane

how to step more so. I think we've seen already she's

a better sidestepper than me. The girls have done

well though, Shane. Do you think they can make good

and get back to the Premiership? tonight to tell me they are very

committed and they give 100%. If they keep working

like this could be To athletics, and one young athlete

who's hoping to make the GB team Christian Malcolm has been to meet

the U20's World Record 60m Back to what I spent the last 18

months of my athletics career to meet someone who is just starting

out. How's it going? Not too bad. You're

not a get any more. I've improve the lot in two years, I'm a big diet

now. Competing with the big guys, enjoying it so far. How was it last

year for your first year as a senior? It was interesting mainly

for the first reason that I lost my coach in December so between

December and February I did not have a coach. I still ran very well and

run a personal best indoors but this year I hope to build on that. The

transition from junior to senior and your expectations, would you say you

made the progression of the way you would like? I think if I progress

the way I would have wanted to I would be breaking the world record

now. I had high expectations but in reality there is a lot of setbacks

and it is a long process. Especially in my event which is very technical.

It's about how efficient you can be but I feel I am getting efficient

and over time I feel I am getting better. From the start of the first

model is a stride is, a lot of the world's best to do seven these days.

My coach said in the 70s everyone was doing seven and then a 28

strides and now it's going back to seven. I can get a lot of frequency.

What is the one thing you think of when and as a sprinter it's building

up the speed. But that's not until you get to 25 metres. You've got to

get your hips up at eight strides. I think about touching down as fast as

I can for the first horrible and embossed three of the most important

because that is the acceleration phase so getting the first view is

very important. I these days and I think, how do I

get over that? They're very tall. They are up to my waist. It has just

taken time, really. Working over the smaller hurdles allows you to work

on your technique, which is what a horrible event is about, efficiency.

The more efficient you are, the quicker you can run. That's what we

aim to do. How has this progression been over the last 12, 80 months?

He's a great kid to work with. I think the progression is coming on

really nicely. You can see the big jump in his performance yet but the

way he is running, that is going in the right direction. I've got to

ask, you've been the best Welsh hurdler since Colin Jackson. Do you

really sense of pressure on your shoulders because of that? Not at

all. At the end of the day, I'm myself. I will achieve whatever I

achieve. Colin Jackson had a really exceptional career so that's a very

big thing for any hurdler to kind of achieve no matter what so I'm just

going to do my own thing and see where that takes me. From the

coach's perspective, what you think David's chances are of making it to

be woody Janeiro this year? -- Rio. It's a tough event from the British

point of view but I think he has a good chance. I wanted to progress

nicely and go from 40 to 30. I think he has a good chance to do that.

This September, season's over, you're relaxing on a beach holiday,

what would you be happy with for the season? If I can get myself on the

team for Rio it is is going to get me so much confidence. If I can just

run so well and consistently this year, it will put me ahead for next

year and make me happy. We wish you all the best, mate.

Next week on Sport Wales we'll be previewing the crucial England v

Wales Six Nations game - It's a fixture which every youngster

dreams of playing in - but imagine it being the game

where you make your debut, and on top of that you're captain!

This, in his own words, is the Clive Rowlands story.

Wales is the best country in the world. Put a red Jersey on it and

it's even better. The first game I went to see, at a

caravan park, was Wales versus all Blacks, 1953. Wales winning. Wheels

haven't beaten New Zealand since. In the final trial, they picked the

team and announced that evening. It was unusual. I have spoken to my

wife Margaret and everybody stay behind in the clubhouse and all the

press were after him. He said, I don't think he has done quite

enough. He was being honest and very true. The big five said yes, I'm in

the side. They were coming from all sides of the world. I could cry now

thinking about it. He travelled down on Saturday morning to the match and

each village as you passed to get to Cardiff, everybody was the same. We

had bobble hats and scarves. -- and they had. All you could see was red

and white of these bobble hats and these scarves.

When I saw the new cats and there were five others with me, my face

must have been a picture as well. I'm sure it's the same feeling,

every player that gets that Jersey for the first time. If he doesn't,

he should, because it goes through there and it registers very quickly

up there what you have achieved in playing for Wales. Richard and

myself as captains. I remember coming on the field together. We

played very well for half of the game and England won 13 points for

six. The nice thing for me was, for the

next 28 years, at Cardiff, Wales always one. -- won. I wanted to beat

England and that has never changed. Clive Rowlands hoisted shoulder

high. Triple Crown winners and international winners for the

season. I can see the ground running on, I can feel them holding me up. I

can feel them lifting me up and I'm crying but that's what... We Welsh

are lucky. We show our feelings. Those guys that run on that pitch,

I'd surely all played the game that day and they were on the winning

side. I Welsh supporters, without a shadow of a doubt, are the best

supporters in the world. That's the cat that each player

receives when he plays for Wales for the first time and it is the most

treasured thing I've got in the house. I pass it every morning and I

say, thank you. Playing for Wales and having a cap is something

special. Wales and Northern Ireland

continue their preparations for Euro 2016 when they meet

in a friendly later this month. We've been speaking to one man

who'll have a particularly keen He's played for both

Cardiff and Swansea, and now it's his job to keep

Newport County in the League. Talk about being in the deep end.

You're 35 years old, you've never managed in the football league

before and then all of a sudden you've got the hopes of a city on

your shoulders. It's your job to save a proud old football club from

the worst relegation of the lot. 15 months as boss of Linfield in his

native Northern Ireland, Warren Feeney's only previous experience as

a number one, but when John Sheridan left in January, Newport asked him

to step up from his assistant role, the brief simple, keep us in the

league. It's a great opportunity for me. No one wants to get relegated.

You don't want relegation on your CV. As a manager, I want the best.

It's not something I would want on my CV. I love the club. It's

excellent. I live in the area, I know the club want stability but I'm

not the type who wants to jump ship. I want to stay here for years. It

was easy for me. I wanted to get back in full-time football so it was

a no-brainer for me. There's not many dull moments with him. He's

enthusiastic and what is the best for his players. He lets them

express themselves. He certainly is a character. You can still see his

quality every now and then when he joins in on the training sessions.

Good communication and good technique. His sessions are very

similar to an enjoyable. Look at our results since he's come in. On the

training pitch every day, he drilled it into us how he wants us to play,

every day. We believe he is the right man to take us forward. He

certainly knows his way around the streets of South Wales. He spent

three years at Cardiff city and became one of the few players to

switch from blue to white with a loan spell of Swansea, on thinkable

for some -- on thinkable -- unthinkable. A lot of people said

you must be mad. But Rebecca was fantastic. We won the league by 15

to 20 points -- Roberto. I remember warming up and a lot of Swansea fans

were telling me to go back to Cardiff in a nasty way. I remember

my loan spell was up and taken back to Cardiff. There was an 80% boom

because fans knew I was back! I don't look of rivalry, fans are

fans. I'm there to play football. It was a great move for me to move down

to Swansea because I enjoyed five goals in ten games. Later this

month, a nice distraction from the stresses of the job here. The

friendly between Wales and Northern Ireland, who Warren Feeney played

for 46 times. But did he think both countries would ever be preparing

for the finals of a major tournament? We got very close one

year. I think we needed one point, two points, but we ended up not

getting them. It's good to see both countries going to the Urals. I

think it's absolutely fantastic and obviously you know it's a friendly

game but we want to do it right. How do you think Wales and Northern

Ireland can do? It will be tough early on but you have to be

confident at the group stages. Probably no, but they've done it, so

I think once they arrived there, fantastic opportunity. It's a big

stage and the players will want to show off on the big stage and I

think they'll do OK. I think it was -- they will surprise a lot of

people. Newport stay up and Northern Ireland get to the quarterfinals,

semifinals? That would be a nice bet. My main aim is for Newport to

stay up. That's my only concern at the moment. The aim is to keep us up

and that's all I'm focusing on. That's it for this

week's Sport Wales. Next Friday, we'll bring

you all the very latest on the eve of the massive England v

Wales Six Nations match. Join me at 7pm next week

for that, but from all of us